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- Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:00 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Product Review
- Topic: Rigging in the Late Cretaceous Period
- Replies: 0
- Views: 49867
Rigging in the Late Cretaceous Period
Rigging in the Late Cretaceous Period or How We Invented the Stakeout Pole in 1957 I just realized that, despite never owning a Hobie or a Native, I've got over six decades of experience at rigging "pedal-powered fishing kayaks". I ran across a couple of internet articles recently about th...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The Ultimate Newb Safety Video
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13962
The Ultimate Newb Safety Video
Ran across this 5-minute-video link on one of the Aussie forums. It covers almost everything you need to know about buying a kayak, kayakfishing safety and the real ultimate result of ignoring it -- in 5 minutes of pure code-generated hilarity. https://plotagon.com/3447 Some NSFW language and, trust...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:23 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Kayak Fishing Is My Meditation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 74375
Re: Kayak Fishing Is My Meditation
@ Manning: Your analogy regarding "tuning the boat" is quite good. Fine-tuning the process , not the object, is the mark of a craftsman (and a true waterman). As my grandfather used to say, "It ain't the tool, it's the user, bub. Ask any grown woman." Grandma seemed to be smiling...
- Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Kayak Fishing Is My Meditation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 74375
Re: Kayak Fishing Is My Meditation
To me, fishing has never been a sport or a hobby or a game or an occasion for some social event. It is a craft , and what you're talking about is simply another tool that an advanced craftsman can use to ascend to a still higher level of craftsmanship. They asked Michelangelo how he could envision s...
- Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Question...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 96567
Re: Question...
Could have been worse. I could have used..... Immanuel Kant walks into a bar -- only he doesn't, a prerequisite of movement being three-dimensional space, which is merely an illusory construct of pure intuition. In fact, I even started to, but then I winked out of existence. (Fortunately, the wife d...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: New Links and Tools
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13362
New Links and Tools
https://sites.google.com/site/nauticalfree/#US:NGA This is an amazingly comprehensive collection of links. Just one of the toys it will lead you to: http://earthnc.com/online-nautical-charts This ain't yo' daddy's charts. Play around with the online viewer. Icons at upper left of map/sat will activ...
- Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:39 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Question...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 96567
Question...
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:52 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The Future of Kayakfishing III: Tournaments
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13476
The Future of Kayakfishing III: Tournaments
My friends, in the past, many kayakfishing tournaments have been quite successful. But, let's face it, we're NEVER going to be a MAJOR sport in this country until our events get major live television coverage from the big TV networks. And, folks, that means we're going to have to bring in people who...
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The OTHER Paddlefishermen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16171
The OTHER Paddlefishermen
Thought you guys might like to take a look at the "competition" (not that we really have any, because we ARE the best -- best forums and best FISHERMEN!). It's interesting to see the national and regional differences in rigging solutions, tackle preferences, terminology ("Stakeout Pol...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:34 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The Future of Kayakfishing II: Director's Cut
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10686
The Future of Kayakfishing II: Director's Cut
Well, friends, I'm sorry to say that kayakfishing is about to be "over". Out of style. Obsolete. Jumped the shark. Kaput. Oh, it won't die overnight, but its days are clearly numbered. Many major kayakfishing forums are simply gone, others receive fewer and fewer posts every day. In desper...
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:53 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Product Review
- Topic: Musical Rigging Mnemonics for Newbies #1
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21140
Musical Rigging Mnemonics for Newbies #1
"Under the Front Hatch" by The Drifters When the sun beats down and heats the plastic on the deck And you can almost smell those old UV's cooking your neck Under the front hatch is where I'll be With the other pool noodles stuffed in there along with me Under the front hatch Out of the sun...
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Know... Your... Enemy!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13794
Know... Your... Enemy!
They're more vile than Al Qaeda or ISIS. They're more sinister and more formless, because we don't even have a name for them. Their leaders are obscenely rich, jaded old perverts with a logically untenable philosophy but an extensive support system. They rely almost exclusively upon a seemingly endl...
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:26 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Just a Reminder for You Newbies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20844
Just a Reminder for You Newbies
Pick one:
Float or
Drown!
Prevents
Friggin'
Drowning
Paddler
Funeral
Delayer
Put on your
Frickin'
Deathstopper
Go now, and sin no more.
Float or
Drown!
Prevents
Friggin'
Drowning
Paddler
Funeral
Delayer
Put on your
Frickin'
Deathstopper
Go now, and sin no more.
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The Day the Music Fried
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10074
Re: The Day the Music Fried
Trust me, things could have gotten a lot uglier. Some of the OTHER voices in my head suggested things like..... The Allman Brothers: Sometimes I feel Sometimes I feeeeeeeeel Like I've been tiiiiiiiiiiied to a stakeout pole Tiiiiiiiiiied to a stakeout pole Good Lord, I feel like I'm fishin' Van Halen...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:19 am
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: The Day the Music Fried
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10074
The Day the Music Fried
Let's face it, life would be a lot better if everybody everywhere had his own theme music. I mean, if some big movie or TV hero just gets into his car and DRIVES somewhere, a whole symphony orchestra suddenly cranks up with blasting trumpets and pounding drums and such, and you KNOW that some heavy ...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Paddle Fishing
- Topic: Kayakfishing in the REST of the World
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13602
Kayakfishing in the REST of the World
I thought some of you guys might enjoy this. A lot of the world emulates our American kayakfishing culture, and US brands are common in many countries, but some are not. And certain rigging and tackle quirks manifest by nationality. For example, a large number of Argentinians keep their anchor &...